End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 173 Careful sailing for ten thousand years

Today, Santak had an engine problem in the second practice session, and the rear of the Dongsheng racing car he was driving repeatedly emitted blue smoke.Although the team asked Santak to stop the car on the side of the road early to retire, the stubborn Santak took advantage of the vertical drop from the 12th to the 15th corner of the track to "slide" the car all the way back to the pit stop.

Uh……

"We had some trouble in practice today, the team asked me to stop but I didn't. We haven't figured out the cause of the failure yet, I believe the team can solve the problem after a night of hard work tonight, but the broken engine I don't know if the parts can be repaired. Today's results are not representative, and we won't see who is strong until tomorrow (Saturday) morning." Santak said in an interview.

However, in the first practice, Wesley was driving dangerously again. Wesley, who was on the return lap at the time, suddenly changed lanes at the end of the straight road to block Kendrick behind him, which caused the latter to almost lose control and rear-end the car.Kendrick expressed his serious dissatisfaction over the team radio, and soon the FIA ​​also launched an investigation into Wesley's driving behavior.

"Wesley should understand that he's not the only car on the track. I saw him coming back very slowly, but I didn't expect him to take the line to block me. Every time this guy, I met It's him every time!" Kendrick's expression was not very good when he said these words.

According to Chapter 27.4 of the FIA ​​rulebook, the race will issue reprimands and criticisms to Wesley for his dangerous driving.

In today's practice session, Lukacs realized his dream of returning to the F1 field after seven years. However, Lukacs, who was driving the Salvador car, believed that the car seriously lacked controllability.He said that although he realized before the start of the race that the car would be very difficult to drive, he did not expect that the actual operation was worse than he imagined.

"I didn't expect this practice session to be so difficult, the car was so badly out of balance. The situation just blew me away and I felt ashamed to drive the car. It was unspeakably slow in some places, but we were a little bit There is no way around it, it is difficult to keep the car on the track, the car has a lot of flaws that have yet to be resolved."

Compared to Lukacs's remarks, Altaïr was in a good mood.

Altaïr said that the performance of the heavily upgraded Citro racing car on the Catalan circuit has been significantly improved. He said that he can clearly feel the upgrade of grip.But as for the prediction of the ranking in the game, Altaïr still thinks that it is necessary to find out after the qualifying match.

"The car has gotten better, it's a significant improvement. I can feel the improved grip in the cockpit, although the weather on the track today is very changeable and the track temperature is quite high, but it has not affected the performance of the car. .We will compare the gap with other opponents after qualifying tomorrow. I believe that the first opportunity to reach the third qualifying session this season is in this game."

This is also thanks to Dongsheng's new design of the nose.After testing the upgrade, the response from the visionary Altaïr was positive, although Altaïr revealed that the nose was originally intended to be used before then.

The two-time world champion said that the team is a little behind in the upgrade schedule: "We are a little behind in the introduction of upgrades, so whether we can introduce upgrades in every game is very important."

But Altaïr admitted that the team has not yet decided whether to continue to use the new nose in qualifying and the race. "The nose is the most obvious upgrade, but it's the whole car that's been upgraded. It's not clear if all the upgrades have improved the car. But the team will make a decision tonight."

In addition, the second practice of Odmet driver Bepena ended early because the tires were not tightened. After the race, the FIA ​​gave the Odemet team a penalty of 5000 euros and did not make a grid order for Bepenna. Retirement decision.

The penalty decision document reads: "The driver parked the car on the track in a safe manner, and the team notified the driver in time after discovering the problem. The FIA ​​decided to exonerate Bepena based on the same penalty standard in recent games. penalty. The team will be fined 5000 euros for dangerous release."

In the two free practice sessions today, Dongsheng failed to perform well in the results list, lagging behind the Bingcheng Team by a large margin.However, in Stewart's view, Dongsheng is not really in a backward position. Stewart believes that Dongsheng is still hiding his strength.

"I think our speed is still very close to theirs. I don't know why Dongsheng's speed is not very fast today. They should still be hiding their strength. It is estimated that they will show their true level tomorrow." Stewart said

At the same time, Stewart also said that the speeds between Dongsheng, Bingcheng and Laisen are very close. "Lesson's speed is very close to mine, so the distance between the three major teams is very close. It's really hard to say who is faster now because everyone's fuel capacity is unknown."

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When the third practice started on the second day, the weather at the Catalunya Circuit was cloudy, the atmospheric temperature was 21 degrees Celsius, and the track temperature was 35 degrees Celsius.

After the start of the third training session, Bingcheng continued to show a fairly good speed, while Dongsheng's speed has also improved compared to Friday. Good performance, Altaïr occupied the top six position for a long time.While Leysen has been deliberately hiding his speed, Tesrock ended his work early because of a glitch in the car.

However, with more than 1 minute left in the race, Catildan of Team Leyssen had a serious collision. The car was seriously damaged. The race meeting directly showed a red flag, and this practice session ended early.

In the end, Stewart took the fastest lap in 1 minute 17 seconds 281. Teammate Seaver ranked second 0.013 seconds behind. Daniel ranked third, 0.269 seconds behind Stewart, followed by Santak and Virgil. Altaïr ended up in ninth place, but 1.5 seconds behind the leader.

Finally, the qualifying race that has attracted much attention, but judging from the current situation, it is obvious that Stewart will be the most popular candidate for pole position, but Dongsheng's speed is not much different from his opponent, and the driver's on-the-spot performance is very important. Definitely not to be taken lightly.As for Catildan, who crashed in the third practice, it is estimated that it will be difficult to catch up with the qualifying competition based on the condition of his car.

(End of this chapter)